Re: supermarket cashier again

On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 22:08:14 +1200, Paul J Kriha
<paul.nospam.kriha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
<news:42b15081@xxxxxxxxxxxx> in sci.lang:

[...]

> Nearly the same care and neatness is required to pack shopping.
> All glass bottles have to packed to prevent glass touching
> glass. The packer prepares separate bags of different
> categories of product. The classification is done according to
> presumed destination of each item.
> Frozen foodstuffs, cold shrinkwrapped meats, and butter get
> put individually in small bags, then all these refrigerated items
> end up in a big separate bag. All tins in a separate bag. Bottles of
> wine get put in individual narrow paper bags and then all in a
> separate plastic bag. I think the term packing is quite justified.

Not bad. I see no need for the individual bags on the cold
items, and you've missed out produce, but essentially that's
how I bag my own (when I have the chance) and how I arrange
them on the conveyor belt. I just wish that the youngsters
who are usually doing the bagging would pay more attention
to the underlying principle.

Brian
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